I have so many interests as a woman and as a Mother. Most people know me as an Unschooling and Birth Advocate, but I have many other things that I am passionate about.
I love Astronomy and Science and I am a self-proclaimed sky junkie. I love anything to do with the stars and the Universe. It is such a part of Who I Am and my roots of becoming a Mother and Wife. I even won an award in college for my work in an Astronomy. It's funny because back in those days I was petrified of public speaking and almost passed out on stage accepting the award. I couldn't manage to say much of anything except quickly thanking Joe for helping with the housework while I studied.
I am in an utterly Blissful Place when I am exploring the Universe and I love hearing about the vastness of space and I get goosebumps when I hear about light years, or space time.
Tonight our family visited the Planetarium... We saw a special film on Black Holes.. Devin and Dakota enjoyed it, but the narration was a little complicated to follow. I was glued to the screens as I listened to the booming voice sharing about how black holes are formed, from dying stars. They collapse upon themselves and bend light. Amazing. One of my dreams and I have it on my vision board, is to visit the Very Large Aray in New Mexico.
Here I am in front of the am in front of the Incredible Star Projector at the University of Maine's Planetarium.
I loved being there, honoring my inner geek.
Here is a site that I love to visit if anyone is interested. It is the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
I just loved a program I listened to on our local radio station, it's a series on Galileo. I was so fascinated I didn't want it to end. Boy, did he turn the Catholic Church's theory of the Universe on its head! Thank goodness. This is a very worthy passion of yours... I also have a passion for science, especially human and plant biology. Oh, the joy of learning!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I've enjoyed your blog for a few months now, I'm a chronic lurker, but today I'll take a moment say hello! SO many of your values are in line with my own. Thanks for what you do.
Dayna, us, too!!! My husband and I love to watch Universe documentaries, in fact, we have the whole series of "The Universe" on our netflix.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you saw this, but you might like this video-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcBV-cXVWFw
(Sorry, I don't know how to embed links into comments)
Also, you might like the "10th dimension" guy on youtube. My husband likes him, but he's a little too mind boggling for me.
http://www.youtube.com/user/10thdim
Hi Dayna, Saying "Hello" from Maine. Funny, my 4 yr old son is very interested in the planets lately. I was thinking about taking him to a planetarium. I know the Univ. of Southern Maine has a planetarium. Did you go up to Orono? :) Valerie
ReplyDeleteYou might be interested to look at the BBC's sky at night which is one every month and is viewable on "watch again" on the iplayer for a few more days I think
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jqj7q/The_Sky_at_Night_Herschel_in_the_Red/
It is unmissable in our household!